and we're grateful judgement our big story tonight, a beautiful little girl about to turn 3 years old killed while in day care. today the man and woman who ran the unlicensed day care were sentenced in her death. >> savannah cross died four years ago. an autopsy showed she suffered traumatic injuries, a i cute meth exposure and dehydration. the people responsible will spend the next couple of decades locked up in prison. this horrific tragedy who is watching our children and what parents should know before dropping their child off at a day care facility. team 12 dug into the state's regulations and your child's safety. >> reporter: juan for less torres is a dad of three. >> there is not a day that goes by where i don't think about i hope he is okay.

well. they have been happy with the services and they say safety is always on their mind when they think about day care. >> i think the main concern is with employees. you wonder what kind of back checks they have been through. >> reporter: who is watching your child? it is an issue the arizona department of health and services says their top priority. >> all child care personnel, owners as well, have to submit the applications to the department of public safety and obtain a clearance card. >> reporter: the card will only is passed and the status of those cards is also checked during unannounced inspections at least once a year and all licensed facilities must display their credentials and alibied by state regulations. parents are asked to do a walk through all facilities for their child and also do research online. >> one of the resources we have is az care check.com. >> reporter: we asked juan to check out his day care facility

28, and then it looked like there is a civil penalty, which i'll check what that is. >> reporter: there were three, including one for a violation of the ratio of children to teachers. >> i know that sometimes i go in there and it is kind of -- they have to, you know, juggle people aroundment. >> reporter: and also a civil penalty issued in 2015 for a staff member who failed to complete the process of getting a fingerprint card. but overall juan says nothing too alarming, but the information hugely important. d existed. it is definitely a great resource. it is pretty involved. you can see the report. i'll probably check on this once a month just to see if there is anything that may be concerning, you know. >> and now, we have that link for you at 12news.com where you can check the results of all day care inspections. >> a great resource for parents. this election year has seen a ton of mud slinging. among those hardest hit, the sheriff in his bid for

sheriff about the ads and the conversation got a little intense. we're live in the news room with details. >> reporter: and he made it clear to me he's had wit questions about the million dollars in attack ads linking him to alleged abuse at private school he once ran. but a lawyer who investigated said he still has a lot to answer for. this tv add airing non-stop could derail the sheriff's political career. >> i was never interviewed. >> reporter: denying on this weekend's sunday square-off that children were abused at a massachusetts private school he ran 15 years ago. >> i have always known about the philosophy of the school. this is a school of last chance. >> reporter: did you know how the kids were treated? >> absolutely. this is a school -- >> reporter: it is described as abuse. here is how a former investigator put it. >> it was truly a place of horrors for the children who were there. rears the democratic

lawyer for that state's child welfare agency when she investigated the school. [ and in a videotape from 1999 he clearly knew of the abusive practices and condoned them. now he would like the say i wasn't mentioned. >> reporter: his employment application with chandler police in 2002 says he was headmaster and executive director of the private school supervising 80 employees. he now says mental health professionals made decisions about care. anything that happened there under your watch? do you regret anything that happened to those teenager ? >> the findings of fact. >> reporter: do you regret anything that happened? >> i regret the fact that this has become an issue in the campaign because it has taken away from the issues that really concern families. >> reporter: the polls indicate his opponent, the democrat is leading their race in the low single digits. you can watch the full

congresswoman at 8:00 a.m. sunday. live in the news room, brahm resnik, 12 news. >> thank you. more and more americans are registering to vote. the last time a clinton was on the presidential ballot, to put this into perspective, back in 1996, there were fewer than 130 million registered. 150million and now there has been a surge. there are now more than 2 and00 million americans registered to vote that is up 33% since the last gene weighing in on the election. the queen of talk sat down with t.d. jakes and got open. the hillary clinton supporter, she wants you to get out and vote in the upcoming election and here is a sneak preview you'll only see here on 12 news. the reason why i haven't been vocal other than saying i'm with her is because i didn't know what to say that could actually pierce through

can't believe that is going on and actually be heard. >> it is scary at a time that leadership is so critical. >> there really is no choice, people. all of the people are talking about they can't decide. this is what i want to say. >> -- >> wait a minute. this is what i really want to say. all of the people out here -- i hear this all the time. you get in the conversations and there is in the a person in this room who has not been in the same conversation where people say i just don't know if i like her. >> yeah. >> she is not coming over to your house. you don't have to like her. you don't have to like here. do you like this country? >> i hear you. >> do you like this country? you better get out there and vote. >> i love this country. >> do you like the country?

>> do you like freedom and liberty? do you like this country? >> okay. >> you can see the entire show next thursday. make sure you watch the t.d. jakes show here on channel 12 monday through friday here at noon. if you're set to fly out of sky harbor's terminal three soon, you might be surprised by what you find. the phoenix mayor greg stanton gave us a sneak peek at the first phase of the newly remodeled terminal. the building is about nearly every seat has a built- in gartlet where you can charge phones and other electronics and the security check point isn't done yet, but it is expected to be bigger and faster. >> faster is always a good thing at an airport. if you have tried but failed today to access web sites like social media sites, twitter, tumbler, you're in the alone. thanks to waves of cyber attacks, the outages started this morning after a new hampshire-based company was

the midwest and west coast a security expert tells the associated press the attacks appear to be someone trying to probe for weaknesses of companies that provide critical internet services. scary stuff there but make as lot of sense. now you know it wasn't just you. >> right. stay tuned for this. >> coming up on 12 news at 6:00, goodyear police are looking for a pantless man who is approaching teens. also, take a look there. a rare sight in the valley one-of-a-kind plane comes in for a landing. it was another hot day. the temperature, 97 degrees at sky harbor. guess what? a cool down is coming into the forecast, even a chance for rain. all of the details, coming up. tonight only on 12 news at 10:00 -- >> it has been five years since jhessye shockley's broughtal murder. her body has never been found. we are deep dive ing into the case that tugged at the

now let's take a look at your hot headlines. starting with a barricade situation in peoria. this impacted an elementary school in the area. tense moments as parents waited for their children to be released. a suspect nearby 78th avenue now and sweet water has barricaded himself inside of a house. there was no immediate threat to students. the police eventually released them to their parents.

approaching teen girls while he is not wearing pants. the police say he approached two teenagers behind a corner near an isolated area near 1 # 5th. the man is a white male in his mid 40s, 160 to 180 pounds, china shaven be gray hair. he was last seen driving away in a newer black model cross over suv. j a group of six clerky leaders in arizona are stepping forward to support the marijuana voter campaign, the faith leaders say they have a morale obligation to support change because current marijuana laws harm families and society by unnecessarily putting people behind bars. other religious leaders have argued the intoxicating effects of marijuana are against god's laws. still ahead on 12 news at 6:00, visitors flock to our beautiful state to relax. but where do they stay? that is our social shut of out

and it is the second-ranked chandler 'wolves. our friday night fever gym of the week. it is big. so big, in fact, that the sunday night football bus is herement we're talking sports, straight ahead! the seattle saw hawks on sunday night football. >> and you'll see the game on just one station and we'll all be there. >> join us on 12 news at 3:00 for an early edition of sports tonight. >> and then the game kicks off at 5:30. >> and then join us after the game for 12 sports tonight overtime. we'll bring you the post-game interviews life and stay up for 12 news at 10:00. we'd love to see you on 12

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readers' choice award, five arizona hotels were named to the list of best places to stay in the american southwest. se downa and the mer mowsa inn in pr addis sally took the top two spots, paolo mar and the arizona biltmore, waldorf astoria in phoenix. very elegant place. >> very elegant. that is a great way to describe those. an were we talking about halloween? >> sure. >> if you haven't made plans yet, it is time to come down to the 12 news plaza for our kids and pets costume parade. just make sure your kids and pets are all dressed and ready to go by 3:30 on halloween and everyone is welcome to come. check this out. it was a busy day for dps troopers. they had to capture an emu on the loose on the i-10 west of phoenix.

eventually the troopers were able to corral them off the roads. here is the thing. you have to do it very carefully, if you suddenly jump out of that car, go too fast, it is going to take off. no word get on where this bird came from. >> i know where he was going. he was going to california for the cooler weather. that is obvious. >> and this high-speed chase here. >> that is high speed. >> dps, they have to deal with so many different scenarios. >> and we saw the lama a couple >> it is just insanity what is out there. >> how do you even train for that? >> you don't. >> and oh, my goodness. >> thanks to dps. >> it was hot out there today. it was. 97 degrees was our high temperature and look at that sunset. not a cloud in the sky. still absolutely gorgeous colors out there. go check it out. you are going to feel the heat. look at the evening forecast. 90 degrees by 7:00 that sun did set at 5:47. mostly clear skies. that temperature will begin

way down to 78 degrees by 11:00. a little bit warmer than we have seen the past couple of nights. unfortunately not good news on the allergy report. it whether drop to low by & as we have auto weather disturbance moving through and then it will go right back up by next week. a little break in the forecast. here is what is going on. clear skies over the region. no cloudsno rain whatsoever in the entire southwest portion of the united sta decent chance of rain sunday late night in towards monday. here it is on future cast. high pressure has been sitting directly over us, and that's why we have been so very warm. you can see that is going to quickly move off to the east. look at that system dropping down the west coast of the united states. there comes the moisture from the south and the rain chances start on monday and go all the way through the day. we could even see strong thunderstorms. we'll obviously keep you updated on this all weekend long.

74 degrees. that rain coming in rate. that's really the case around the entire portion of the high country. gorgeous temperatures. 70 in flagstaff tomorrow dropping to 68 on your sunday, convenient payson coming into the low 80s. a little bit above average for them, but better than our weather here. if you're heading out tailgating on your sunday, it is going to be warm. and then by kick-off, those temperature also slowly start to drop down to about 89 degrees out there. check out your seven-day forecast. there it is for you. special our forecast. -- moving into our forecast. 12 sports is sponsored by your valley toyota dealers.

>> all right. you are looking live at chandler high school. the site of our friday night game of the week. taking on the sixth ranked broncos. this place is going to be jam packed, wall to wall people. i have the cheerleaders behind us! they're getting ready to show us spirit as we get ready to talk some high school football. how about this, there is still time for you to vote on our week. we call them hotshots. let's get to them. play number one. dobbson quarterback goes deep for schneider, and, my goodness. watch the battle for this ball. and with a mountain view defender, somehow he comes away with it. wow. as you watch the replay, that is quite a fight for the ball. let's move on to my in number two. how about this? we'll keep it at the mountain

again. and oh, yeah. he played it once for a touchdown. isn't that something? i like it a lot. and play number three where you kidding me? another play from the dobbson mountain view game. that is a friday night fever first. you're looking at the hook and ladder this time. and to jacob shepherd on to a.j. brooks. wow. was that kind of special, indeed. how about this, we switch things up to play number four. a bonus hotshot going savannah adams from queen creek moms' charity game a great interception and returnment she had a pick six in her sights before, yeah texas turf monster tripped her up. i like it a good-looking play there, savannah. log on to 12news.com to cast your vote for your favorite play of the week. the voting ens tonight at 6:30. of course it has been going on all week long. we'll reveal the winner tonight at 6:30. in addition to our gym of the week here in chandler featuring

hamilton is at home against perry, and a pair of phoenix christian and, plus, the pioneers join us in studio. how about those chandler 'wolves. a lot of spirit going on up here! they have it going on from ear to ear, wall to wall. i love it a lot. we'll send it back to you in the tuesday owe. >> thanks a lot.

have seen a very strange sight in the air today in the east valley. check it out. it is nasa's super guppy. i love the name. this unique-looking plane landed at mesa gateway airport. the soup or guppy is the last of its kind still in use. i mean, that is an odd sight. >> it is. >> it looks like the front of the plane was just kind of chopped off. [ transporting, what could it be? a didn't burrito. >> are you hungry? >> and 000 pounds. >> and it is named a guppy. so go figure that. >> it looks like a blimp with wings, in my opinion. >> it is a fascinating piece of aircraft right there, yeah, for sure. >> thank you for watching 12 news at 6:00. >> remember, 12 news is always on. you can get the latest news as it happens on our 12 news app. of course, all of your favorite social media sites.

silence about donald and hillary's war for the white house. >> her biggest fear revealed. plus the secret meeting before their tv roast now on "extra." why oprah hasn't said a word about donald, hillary, and -- >> the disgusting vitriol that's going on. >> sending a message to the clinton critics. >> you don't have to like her. >> this one's going to get me in trouble. >> donald trump, the comedian in chief, until things go downhill.

hillary and donald skewered each other. did they really play together? lady gaga versus madonna. a revealing new interview. today's hot gossip headlines, all new photos of janet jackson's growing baby bump. tiger woods opens his ex-files from lindsay vaughn to his life as a sin you? >> then "the walking dead" is back. new clues who dies this sunday. >> it's going to be everything you've been waiting for and then them. now on "extra," from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. coming up, kim kardashian turns 36 years old. why this birthday could cost her